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A Patriot’s view of the history and direction of our Country

called up to serve – and were required (as in the past) to have their

own weapons. The Civil War would have ended quickly in favor of
the North, but they came across an army of citizens with their own

weapons – though inferior (much like the colonists of one hundred
years before). The South lost, in part because they could not

manufacture weapons. The Civil War is much more than this; I am
only demonstrating a necessity of the Second Amendment.

However, the concern is not as much an invasion or attack from a
uniformed army of a recognized country.

I have a friend from second grade, my longest friendship. When
we met, his dad was a lieutenant in the United States Navy and pilot

of P-3 Orions – submarine chasers during the Cold War. My Dad was
a radio operator and avionics technician in the Navy, also on P-3

Orion submarine chasers. They were not in the same squadron, but
it was a tight-knit base. Later, as military life goes, we all went our

separate ways, but close enough to visit and stay in touch. His dad
would later have a long stint in the Pentagon, and reach the rank of

Captain and executive assistant to the Undersecretary of Defense.
After being told of his retirement, I called to congratulate him and

asked what he was going to do. His response, in the early 90’s, was
working for a civilian contractor to develop and deploy war games

for our military. The Cold War was over – communist countries had
mostly fallen. China, North Korea and Cuba would remain, the

Soviet bloc had been dismantled and the countries were slowly

changing and modernizing. My question to him was what could the
threat be? His answer was simply terrorists. He reminded me that
our Country will always be a target because of our freedoms, wealth

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